Clark Polak

cover of DRUM, issue 27 (October 1967)

Clark Philip Polak (October 13, 1937 – c. September 20, 1980) was an American journalist and gay rights activist. He was known for creating and editing DRUM magazine (1964-1967), an early gay-interest periodical, and for his leadership role with the Philadelphia-based homophile organization, the Janus Society.

Polak killed himself in Los Angeles in 1980.^[1]

Clark was the youngest son of Arthur Marcus Polak and Ann Polak and the brother of Marcus Arthur Polak and Roberta Esther Polak Weber/Shilling. He lived in a home that overlooked Hollywood with his friends and had two St. Bernards named Bert and Ernie. He was a loving uncle.

References

1. ^ Sears, p. 535

Bibliography

• Sears, James Thomas, Behind the Mask of the Mattachine: The Hal Call Chronicles and the Early Movement for Homosexual Emancipation. (London and New York: Routledge, 2006) ISBN 1560231874

See also

• H. Lynn Womack
• List of gay pornographic magazines
• Beefcake magazine

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Name	Polak, Clark
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Date of birth	1937
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Date of death	1980
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